Malta’s Heritage in Stone: from Temple Builders to Eurocodes 6/8
D. H. CAMILLERI Managing Partner DhiPeriti Building Consultancy Services Floriana FRN 1400 Malta. dhc@dhiperiti.com ABSTRACT The Maltese archipelago has been inhabited since 3000BC and the evidence of occupation is preserved […]
Seismic Assessment of Single-Block Rocking Elements in Masonry Structures
DEGLI ABBATI*, S. CATTARI, S. LAGOMARSINO Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, 16145 Italy *stefania.degliabbati@unige.it ABSTRACT This paper summarizes the main results achieved as […]
List of abstracts of papers: 10th IMC, Milan, Italy 2018
This list is available free to members of IMS and non-members. A separate Abstract Book contains the abstracts of 205 no. papers given at the Tenth International Masonry Conference […]
The Feasibility of “Radial Basis Function Network (RBF)” to Predict the Behaviour of Semi-Interlocking Masonry (SIM) Panel
O.ZARRIN(1), Y.Z. TOTOEV(2) and M. RAMEZANSHIRAZI(3) (1)PhD Candidate, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan,NSW 2308, Australia, orod.zarrin@newcastle.edu.au (2)Senior Lecturer, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, […]
Use of Recycled Building Demolition Waste in Stabilized Rammed Earth
C.JAYASINGHE(1), M.T.R. JAYASINGHE(2), B. DISSANAYAKE(3), D. JAYATHILAKE(4) (1)Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2)Senior Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (3)Final year […]
Execution of Slightly-Destructive and Destructive Tests on Existing Rural Masonry Buildings
F.FERRETTI, M. SAVOIA, and C. MAZZOTTI Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy francesca.ferretti10@unibo.it, marco.savoia@unibo.it, claudio.mazzotti@unibo.it ABSTRACT In the assessment […]
Mortar Water Content Impact on Masonry Strength
F.SLAPØ(1), T. KVANDE(2), K. V. HØISETH(3) J.-M. HISDAL(4), and J. LOHNE(5) (1)Master-mason, structural engineer and MSC student at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), […]
Damage Assessment for Rock-Cut Dwellings and Warehouses: A Case Study in Bahceli Village, Cappadocia
S.OZATA (1), E.G. ARUN (2) (1)PhD Student and Research Assistant, Department of Architecture, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkeyozataserife@gmail.com, sozata@yildiz.edu.tr (2)Professor Dr., Department of Architecture, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkeygoruna@gmail.com ABSTRACT […]
A Precision and Bias Study for the Measurement of Flexural Strength of Masonry Prisms
J.M. NICHOLS (1), K. T. GLOWACKI (2) and L. H. FEIGENBAUM (3) (1)Associate Professor, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station,Texas – 77840, USA. jm-nichols@tamu.edu (2)Associate Professor, Department […]
Non-Linear FE Modelling of Plain and CFRP Strengthened Masonry Panels Under Out-Of-Plane Loads
KURDO F. ABDULLA(1), LEE S. CUNNINGHAM(2), MARTIN GILLIE(3) (1)PhD Student, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester,Manchester, United Kingdom, M13 9PL kurdo.abdulla@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk (2)Lecturer, School of Mechanical, […]
Abstracts of papers: 10th IMC, Milan, Italy 2018
Preface The 10th International Masonry Conference (10thIMC) continues the successful series started in 1986 in London, where the first International Masonry Conference was organized by the former British Masonry Society […]
P1 636: HISTORIC AND MODERN EARTHEN STRUCTURES: CHALLENGES AND RECENT RESEARCH
Paulo B. Lourenço1, Rui A. Silva2, and Daniel V. Oliveira2 1 ISISE, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho Azurém, P-4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal {pbl, ruisilva, danvco}@civil.uminho.pt Keywords: Earth construction, built […]